1 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Internet Society (ISOC) African Regional Bureau Update Dawit Bekele, Manager, African Regional Bureau

2 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Overview ISOCISOC –Mission –Organization and activities –Latest news ISOC in AfricaISOC in Africa –Past activities –Membership & Chapters –African Regional Bureau Coming activities & InitiativesComing activities & Initiatives

3 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 ISOC’s Mission "To assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world." « Assurer le développement ouvert, l’évolution et l’utilisation de l’Internet au bénéfice de tous a travers le monde » Building an active global community of knowledgeable members & chapters « Construire une communauté de savoir formée de membre et de chapitre globale et active »

4 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Organization and activities Founded in 1992 by Internet PioneersFounded in 1992 by Internet Pioneers International, not-for-profit, membership org.International, not-for-profit, membership org. –80+ organization members –24,000+ individual members –77+ chapters, 10+ chapters forming Activities inActivities in –Standards –Education –Policy Funded byFunded by –Organization members –.org registry incomes

5 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Support for Regional Operators Fora Fellowship for workshop participantsFellowship for workshop participants Provide speakers and materialProvide speakers and material Sponsor eventsSponsor events –IPV6Forum –AfNOG & AfriNIC –SANOG –WALC –PACNOG

6 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Global Membership

7 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 ISOC Chapters Voluntary local/regional entities embracing ISOC Mission and GoalsVoluntary local/regional entities embracing ISOC Mission and Goals Serve interests of local communityServe interests of local community –organize activities/events/education locally –provide services in local language –amplify ISOC efforts locally/regionally Provide local perspective back to ISOCProvide local perspective back to ISOC –important component in ISOC Strategic Operating Plan

8 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Latest news ISOC is changingISOC is changing –It is becoming larger, more present and active –It has doubled the size of its staff –It has decided on opening regional bureaus –It’s budget will increase every year –It will be initiating multi-year strategic initiative projects

9 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 ISOC in Africa ISOC was active in Africa since its early daysISOC was active in Africa since its early days –1993 to 2001, through the annual Internet Society (ISOC) Network Training Workshop for Countries in the Early Stages of Internetworking –Supporting trainings and workshops organized by Afnog, Aftld, Afrinic during the last 8 years –Supporting participation of Africans in IETF –Promoting ISOC chapters in Africa –Supporting projects initiated by chapters

10 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 ISOC Chapters in Africa Active chaptersActive chapters –Benin –Cameroon –Egypt –Ghana –Mali –Mauritius –Morocco –Niger –Nigeria –Senegal –South Africa –Tunisia –Uganda

11 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Regional Bureaus Pilot ProjectPilot Project –ISOC presence in the region –To work closely with chapters –Across all ISOC pillars and activities First bureau in Africa since September 2006First bureau in Africa since September 2006 Next region: Caribbean and Latin AmericaNext region: Caribbean and Latin America

12 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 African Regional Bureau Plans We have been evaluating ISOC’s activities in AfricaWe have been evaluating ISOC’s activities in Africa We will shortly have concrete plans for our activities in the area ofWe will shortly have concrete plans for our activities in the area of –Support for chapters –Education –Policy

13 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 African Regional Bureau Plans … Some probable future activitiesSome probable future activities –Strengthen chapters Inform chapters of existing opportunitiesInform chapters of existing opportunities Help the chapters in using those opportunitiesHelp the chapters in using those opportunities Find new ideas to make the chapters more relevant to their membersFind new ideas to make the chapters more relevant to their members –Support the establishment of new chapters –Strengthen education activities –Initiate education activities with Universities –Participate in African IGF activities –Participate in Multilingualism activities in Africa –Plan and implement activities in the area of access and security

14 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Other Resources or (to be released soon) or (to be released soon)

15 INET Africa, Mauritius, November 30, 2006 Comments & questions Dawit Bekele ISOC, African Regional Bureau Manager